Mr. Sloane (Nick Frost 2014)

[backdrifter]

I recently rewatched this and wondered what people here thought of it but searching for it, I found nothing.

It's a comedy drama set in the late 60s (maybe early 70s), has Peter Sera and Olivia Coleman, plenty of laughs and a few fairly touching moments. It's only one six episode season but well worth a look.

If you've seen it, what did you think?

[neveragain]

I loved it and think it's a great shame that it's been so forgotten. It was easy to dismiss Nick Frost as just Pegg's mate but he's a terrific actor.

[Claude the Racecar Driving Rockstar Super Sleuth]

I don't think I've even heard of it.

[Oh, Nobody]

Ok so apparently I just dreamed a second series of this?

[backdrifter]

Ok so apparently I just dreamed a second series of this?

Yup :(

[checkoutgirl]

I went off Frost a bit when he did that salsa dancing film but never heard of this. Might check it out.

[backdrifter]

To slightly expand the thread - what are people's favourite Nick Frost works?

For me it's this. I enjoyed Shaun of the Dead and Hotfuzz when the came out but haven't revisited them. Sick Note (2017) was OK with an addictive story-line but nothing amazing. That's all I can think of where he's a star. Gonna give Truth Seekers a go.

[Better Midlands]

To slightly expand the thread - what are people's favourite Nick Frost works?

He does a very enjoyable turn with Allison Tolman in Why Women Kill season 2.

[backdrifter]

Is it necessary to watch S1 first?

[Jack Shaftoe]

Big Nick Frost fan anyway, but I particularly like his character in The World's End coming more and more to the forefront and out of his shell as the pub crawl goes on. Some brilliant physical stuff as well, like casually putting his hand through the glass door and the bar fight where he's smashing up robots with a bar stool in each hand is just superb.

https://youtu.be/Fhhbua6ELxo?si=v-0Xa8zDEmojBNq_

His characters always have this lovely touch of pathos to ground them, possibly because it sounds like he personally had a really hard upbringing. Not read his book because I think it might be a bit much for me, but his appearance on the WTF podcast was genuinely a bit upsetting with some of the shit he's gone through, yet he seems like a lovely dude.

[Better Midlands]

Is it necessary to watch S1 first?

Not at all, it's a different story altogether - no connection whatsoever.

[dead-ced-dead]

Big Nick Frost fan anyway, but I particularly like his character in The World's End coming more and more to the forefront and out of his shell as the pub crawl goes on. Some brilliant physical stuff as well, like casually putting his hand through the glass door and the bar fight where he's smashing up robots with a bar stool in each hand is just superb.

https://youtu.be/Fhhbua6ELxo?si=v-0Xa8zDEmojBNq_

His characters always have this lovely touch of pathos to ground them, possibly because it sounds like he personally had a really hard upbringing. Not read his book because I think it might be a bit much for me, but his appearance on the WTF podcast was genuinely a bit upsetting with some of the shit he's gone through, yet he seems like a lovely dude.

I know The World's End is the black sheep of the trilogy, but I really rate it. Not just Frost, but Paddy Considine becoming more prominent as the night continues.

[Jack Shaftoe]

Yeah, it's my favourite of the three, I've ended up rewatching it more than the others, usually with my wife who's a big fan and she only likes about three films. Probably helps that the music is exactly my era and there's other nostolgia-ish reasons for enjoying, but there's something about the tone that really works. And Pegg taking a bit of a step back to let the other characters come through works really well, his character's like Eddy Murphy in Beverly Hills Cop in that he's more of a catalyst for the others to develop than the classic protagonist who's there to learn and grow, exactly.

Edgar Wright's great at momentum, with narratives but also with action sequences (the fights in Scott Pilgrim are incredible) and something about Nick Frost's energy really works with that, like he just needs to be wound up the right way and then he can smash through walls or something.